I've got someone who doesn't understand that WINE Is Not an Emulator and apparently doesn't get the FAQ on the site. I personally don't use WINE (still being on Windows kinda avoids the need), so I don't really have the knowledge to argue this much farther. Here's his latest point (formating in clasic usenet style below), I need something simple that says, "no." Thanks in advance. Draco18s >Blue wrote: >Well, no matter how you put it... > >It allows you to run windows-only programs, in a Linux enviroment, and from >what i can see on screenshots, it runs the program window, inside a linux- >program window. > >So no matter how detailed you might explain, it will still be an emulator to >me... > >Just look at game emulators for PS2, GBA, N64, etc... It runs an emulation of a >console game, in a window, in your windows... so basically, something that isnt >suppose to run on your comp, is still beeing runned, on a system that isnt >suppose to be able to run it. >It also translates data and IO back and forth, making you play the game as it >was intended to, on the system normally not beeing able to do it. >And what is it called? > >Yeah, an Emulator. > >This thing looks the exact same way, and does the exact same thing; Allowing >you to run something on your OS, that isnt suppose to be possible to run, by >translating data and IO back and forth. > >So no matter what you say, I will still see it as an emulator, and referr it >like one too. >And FYI, i have had lots of friends that used WINE, and they all called it "A >Windows Emulator". _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
